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Summary and Settling the Issue
Not one of the six
primary lines of evidence for lunar Sabbaths
holds up under investigation. That could
settle the issue for me. No evidence for a
life-changing idea is evidence enough that
it is false.
But there are some
facts that settle the matter more
substantially. Let us consider them.
1. The facts
relating to the Mark of the Beast and the
Seal of God demand that the issue be one
easy to settle on the basis of scripture.
Simple minded persons must be able to stake
their life on the fact that they are right.
And simple minded
persons the world over have flocked to the
simple truth that showed their willingness
to brave opposition to be faithful.
But the Lunar
Sabbath theory is not one that can be traced
to a command or a simple statement. It is
complex, and this is a sign itself that
there is something fishy about it.
2. The week began
before the moon was created. This settles
the fact that the week was not based on the
lunar cycle.
3. The phrase
“seven weeks” should be 49 days, or 51-52
days, depending on whether weeks are
consecutive or lunar. Leveticus 23 and
Daniel 9 both establish that seven weeks are
49 days.
4. The timing of
the 1260 year prophecy (538-1798) is
entirely too late for changing the nature of
the week. When the papacy was established as
a civil ruler of the Roman empire it began a
historically documented assault on Sabbath
keeping. That assault eventually changed the
way churches from India to Ethiopia to
Ireland related to the Sabbath.
5. Acts 20 does
not harmonize with a Lunar Sabbath model.
See Appendix A where this is discussed in
detail. The short of it is that the “first
day” of the week in Acts 20 follows the
feast of unleavened bread; then “after”
that, five days until arriving in Troas;
then seven days in Troas. Even if the last
of the five is the first of the seven days,
even if the last of the seven days is the
first day of the week, this still places the
first day of the week on the third day of
the month.
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